The Latest Breaking News from Geelong

The hospital has blamed a shortage of midwives for a decision to close the maternity unit by March next year.

Wild winds and rain are expected to continue in Victoria, after the weather on Saturday night forced the mid-performance cancellation of a Melbourne music festival and left dozens of people bogged at another event near Geelong.

The tournament is taking place in Australia

GEELONG (Victoria): Kusal Mendis stood tall with a gritty 79 as Asian champions Sri Lanka bounced back from their early debacle to seal their Super 12 berth with a 16-run win over the Netherlands in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday.

GEELONG (Australia): The Asia Cup title is a thing of the past now, insists Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka, saying their only focus right now is to produce a perfect performance in their must-win match against the Netherlands to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup.

Namibia causes the first boilover of the men's T20 World Cup, with a 55-run victory over Sri Lanka in Geelong.

Vehicles were destroyed to the sounds of a heavy metal band performing from a scissors lift as part of Geelong's White Night cultural event.

Geelong parents who have lost their children to suicide fear not enough action is being taken. It's a concern echoed by mental health experts, who say despite decades of attention on the sector, stark service gaps still exist outside big cities.

A 74-year-old woman dies two and a half weeks after her car hit a couch that had been left on a road near Geelong.